From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2005-04-01T22:22:58+09:00 Subject: Re: [USENET] - Time for "comp.lang.ruby.announce" ? On Apr 1, 2005 2:44 AM, Ilias Lazaridis wrote: > Usenet is simple for newcomers, very simple to read via > newsreaders, very liberal due to the distribution/archival > mechanisms. You know, I haven't been on a Usenet newsgroup in two years. I'm sure they're quite still busy, but they've completely fallen off my radar. I'll search Google Groups for answers sometimes, but IMO, there's little value in Usenet newsgroups anymore. (BTW, to forestall any questions -- I first used Usenet in 1989. I know my way around Usenet.) That said, given that I use GMail, I see neither value nor non-value in having a ruby-announce list that could be mirrored to an announce newsgroup -- except that people are used to seeing announcements in ruby-talk. They have, from time to time, generated interesting discussion. Given that a ruby-announce list would be unlikely to be read by everyone who reads ruby-talk, and that discussion on ruby-announce would have to be severely limited (possibly through moderation -- which means you need a volunteer), then there are issues to be resolved with this. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca